Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-08
ADVERTISEMENT MENTION.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.


The Board met yesterday, all the men,
bers present. Minutes of January 18th
read and approved.
A communication from Elwood Bruner,
District Attorney, was read. relative to the
offer of l. Joseph and d. E. Alexander to
commence litigation against foreign insur-
ance companies and collect a delinquent
tax from them, which was referred to the
District Attorney at the last session of the
Board in January, 1887. He requested that
the matter be again referred to him for
further consideration, and the Board so
ordered.
An application of District Attorney Bru-
ner, for leave of absence for thirty days,
was granted by unanimous vote.
A communication was received from
Samuel j. Pullen, Clerk OF the Board of
Supervisors of Placer county, relative TO
establishing the boundaries of Placer and
Sacramento counties, and requesting that
the County Surveyors of the two counties
act in conjunction in re-establishing said
boundaries. Referred to the Committee on
Roads and Highways.
A communication from R. T. Devlin, in
forming the Board that the new Gold Run
mine was in operation ALPHABETICALLY, was
read and placed on file.
A communication from the King Iron
Bridge and Manufacturing Company, ask
ing an extension of time to March =, 1887,
for the completion of the bridge over the
Costumes river at Michigan Bar, which
they are now building under contract with
the county, was passed by a unanimous
vote.
On motion of Mr. Jackson, the mileage
fixed as follows: C. H. Ross, twenty miles,
and G. c. McMullen five miles
Mr.. McMullen offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted:
Resolued, That IS per cent. of the aggregate
amount of property road tax be, and is hereby,
set aside for general county road purposes, to be
known as the general road fund
On motion of Mr.. Bates, the Board pro-
ceeded 10 elect physician for the City Dis
pensary. Mr.. Bates nominated DR.. J. F.
Parkinson Mr.. Ross nominated Mrs. NJ.
A. McGill, NJ. D.; and Mr.. Jackson nomi-
mated DR.. G. B. Glow. The roll being
called, Messrs. Ross, Bates and Tebbets
voted for Parkinson, and Messrs. McMul-
len and Jackson for Glow. Subsequently
Mr.. Jackson changed his vote from Glow to
Parkinson. DR.. Parkinson was declared
duly elected for the next two years. Mr..
Jackson then gave notice that at 10 a. III.
to-day he would move reconsideration of
the vote.
and offered TO accept the sum of $500 as a
compromise for damages alleged to have
accrued to the Lambring Bros hydraulic
claim at lone, Amador county, in 1885, by
reason of being restrained from working
said claim. Referred to the Chairman of
the Judiciary Committee.
On motion of Mr.. Ross, and by unani-
nous vote, the Chairman of the Committee
on Public Buildings was given power to
make all needful repairs to the fues in the
County Auditors office.
On motion of Mr. Bates, the following
order was adopted: 1t appearing to the
Board that J. NJ. Upham, who was, by the
order of January . 1887, appointed as one
of the Commissioners to assess the lands in
Swamp Land Reclamation District No. 407
is not, and al the time of such appointment
n was not, resident of this county; and it
appearing that G. P. Hensley is a compe-
tent and disinterested person, and is a'resi-
dent of this county it is ordered that said
C. P. Hensley be and is hereby appointed
as one of said Commissioners, in place of
said j. d. Upham, to act with the other
Commissioners named in said order of
January s. 1887, in making the assessment
in said order provided"
The Board met as a Swamp Land Board
and allowed the following warrants on
Reclamation District No. 407 A. P Catlin,
81, 054 So San Francisco Tool Co., 1852 80
Puget Sound Lumber Co., $50 50; P. H.
Gardiner, s74 As; A. T. Allender, Sis SO
Sanford Dickey, S54; c. X. Davis, S27 80
JIG. Pierson, $3.50 OF; Chow Kee, 500; Toy
Ionev, $50 so: All Hing, 1882 John Lee,
S179 so; All Song, $50; E. d. Taylor, s..
On reassembling as Board of Supervis-
ors, the Overseer of Road District No. 16
presented to the Board petition of W. L.
and James Journey and others, protesting
against the closing of certain road run
ming from the Upper Stockton road to Arno
Station.
A communication from Alice NJ. Valen-
sin, asking that said road be kept open,
and stating that portion of it passed
through land owned by her, and the re-
mainder through land in litigation between
Guilio Valensin and herself, was also read.
Likewise, aflidavits of P. B. Germans and
Mark Dowzer on the subject.
Judge Beatty appeared before the Board
on behalf of Mrs. Nalensin, and explained
the situation of affairs.
On motion Of Mr.. Mullen, it was ordered
that the Overseer of Road District No 16
be ordered to remove all distractions and
prohibit further distractions from being
maintained in the road from the Upper
Stockton road TO Arno Station near Hicks
vile, in Road District No. 16.
The committee 10 whom was referred the
bids for furnishing supplies for the County
Hospital for three months, reported in IA
vor of awarding the contract for groceries
to L. Dryer, J. II. Winters and d. Diers-
sen: for beef and mutton to J. Gerber IL
Bro; for bread to George E. Kuchler. The
report was adopted.
A. Opley, Overseer of Road District No.
IA. and Mike Judge, 0verseer of Road Dis
trict No. ., filed their quarterly reports,
70 fhaf In OF
the Committee on Roads and Bridges
h. j. Ferguson, Overseer of Road Dis
trict No 10, appeared and complained OF
the encroachment of Mrs. Corners fence
upon a road in that district, near the
Brighton levee. 1t was ordered, after some
talk on the subject, that when the Board
adjourned at noon to-day it proceed to the
locality and ascertain the situation OF af-
fairs by personal inspection.